MEW  YORK  CITY 

HILE  London  may  surpass  it  in  population,  and  Paris  in  art  and  architecture,  yet  from  the  point  of  view 
of  the  living  world — of  industrial  achievement — of  commercial  ambition — New  York  stands  alone.  Busi- 
ness, wealth,  stupendous  enterprises  faultlessly  consummated,  gigantic  undertakings  that  are  impossible 
in  the  old  world,  flourish  in  New  York,  and  failure  in  the  broadest  sense  is  unknown.  Twenty-storied 
buildings,  mile-long  bridges,  tunnels  beneath  the  earth,  and  elevated  railroads  above  it,  all  contribute  to 
reveal  the  limitless  powers  that  here  exist  to  satisfy  the  equally  limitless  necessities  of  the  greatest  city  in  the  greatest 
nation  on  earth.  Geographical  conditions  have  had  much  to  do  with  this.  The  long  and  narrow  island  of  Manhattan 
has  forced  the  city's  growth  in  one  direction  only,  hence  a  congested  business  district,  and  the  greatest  need  of  rapid 
transit.  The  skyscraper,  the  express  elevator,  the  fast  trolleys  and  trains,  are  the  logical  outcome  of  such  conditions. 
Americanism  rises  to  the  task,  overcomes  every  obstacle,  and  works  out  a  commercial  salvation  impossible  in  any 
other  country  on  the  globe. 

New  York  is  now  the  financial  and  business  center  of  the  world.  Its  bank  clearings  exceed  those  of  London 
nearly  50  per  cent.,  and  now  that  the  manufactures  of  the  United  States  exceed  in  volume  those  of  any  other  country, 
New  York  has  naturally  become  the  greatest  mart  for  the  buying  and  selling  of  merchandise  the  world  over. 

No  vista  of  man's  achievement  can  compare  with  the  view  spread  before  the  traveler  as  his  ocean  steamship 
enters  New  York  Harbor.  The  sky  line  is  a  study  of  heights  and  angles,  of  gigantic  buildings  following  each  other 
in  rapid  succession,  that  may  well  amaze  mankind.  Only  a  few  years  ago,  the  World  Building  with  its  fourteen 
stories  taxed  credibility.  It  is  now  but  a  pigmy  compared  with  the  American  Surety,  Bowling  Green,  Commercial 
Cable,  the  "Flatiron,"  and  a  score  of  others,  while  over  all  towers  that  enormous  pile  of  steel  and  stone,  the  Park 
Row  Building,  a  straight  shaft  towering  toward  the  blue  sky,  counting  thirty-one  stories  and  measuring  from  sub 
basement  to  flagstaff  550  feet. 

No  city  in  the  world  possesses  such  magnificent  hotels,  nor  so  many  of  them — perfect  palaces  catering  to  the 
most  fastidious  tastes  of  a  discriminating  public.  Then  there  are  the  parks — Central,  Bronx,  Van  Cortlandt,  and  a 
hundred  others,  comprising  unquestionably  the  largest  and  most  elaborate  park  system  in  the  world.  Not  less  noted 
are  the  houses  of  New  York's  multi-millionaires.  Fabulous  in  magnificence  they  adorn  Fifth  Avenue,  Riverside 
Drive  and  a  score  of  lesser  boulevards. 

Nothing  daunts  the  audacious  boldness  of  New  York.  When  one  considers  the  proposal  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  to  construct  its  tunnel  from  Jersey  City,  under  the  Hudson,  through  Manhattan,  and  again  under  the  East 
River  to  Brooklyn — of  the  marvelous  Subway,  of  the  gigantic  new  East  River  bridges,  of  the  projected  theatres, 
hotels,  office  buildings,  department  stores,  and  all  the  rest,  he  may  well  pause  in  wonder  and  think  — is  there  any 
limit  to  American  ambition,  determination,  power,  achievement? 

Published  by  L.  H.  NELSON  COMPANY,  Portland,  Maine, 
Proprietors  of  Nelson's  International  Series  of  Souvenir  Books. 

Copyright,  liHXi,  by  L.  H.  NELSON  CO.         175th  Thousand. 


WASHINGTON  S()l'AKK,  at  the  beginning  of  .">th  Avenue,  is  nine  ;hti's  in  extent.     It  was  originally  a  1'utter's  Field,  anil  later  a  camp  ground  (luring  the  Ci\  il 
War.  For  over  half  a  century  it  has  been  the  chosen  residential  section  of  many  old  New  York  rami  lies,  including  the  Stuyvesants.  Rhinelftndera,  Potter.-*,  DePej  - 
sters,  Coopers,  and  others.    Their  old-fashioned  brick  mansions  impressively  line  the  northern  side  of  the  Square    The  stately  Washington  Arch,  exquisitely 
modeled  in  marble  from  the  design  of  Stanford  White,  was  erected  in  188!)-9'2  to  commemorate  the  inauguration  of  General  George  Washington  as  the  first  I'rcsi 
dent.   It  cost  S'ilu.OOO. 


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B  *i  Tl  EH  '■  I'AKh  tin  name  applied  to  the  triangular  (jreen  at  the  rmutliern  extremity  ol  the  eity.  Prom  here  a  line  view  ol  the  hay  I11BJ  b6  ohtained.  The 
Battery  Park  poatftiM  twenty  one  SOTM,  In  » haded  by  many  trees,  and  has  a  brOM]  walk  along  the  aoa  wall.    It  Ih  tilwayn  thronged  with  inning  rant-  and  lounger*. 


BROADWAY  AT  32(1  STREET.  At  no  other  point  in'the  city  except  perhaps  at  the  entrance  to  Brooklyn  Bridge  is  street  traffic  so  congested  from  time  to  time 
as  at  this  busy  corner.  Surface  cars  moving  in  rapid  succession  on  both  Broadway  and  Sixth  Avenue  and  the  vast  army  of  pedestrians  and  vehicles  make  this  one 
of  the  most  difficult  crossings  in  New  York.  The  view  shows  a  station  of  the  elevated  road  with  entrances  and  exits  and  separate  platforms  for  "  up-town  "  and 
••  down-town  "  trains.   The  elevated  roads  are  now  operated  by  electricity  and  consist  of  four  main  dfjiible-tiack  lines  and  a  few  .'hurt  branches. 


MOADWA1   Mt"M  CHAM  BRIM  HTKKKT.    Tbt  great  av  il  New  Vork'l  WAI.I.  BTRKKT.  The  money  ccntrr  ni  Atucrlcn,  the  tOXl  for  political  tirades,  the 

i,.,.,,,...  ||fc      N.,.,t|i<  r  -ir.  i  lm  Amii  ii.  m  i  .hi  -ln>»  rih  Ii  o  hvitj    xm  li  ;i  vatii't\  nl  lar^'i'l  Im  many  a  srrinOIK    PoTtlinBB  mailr  01  lotl  I'Vc'iy  hour  Of  the  blUlUOM  < l;i >  . 

.  ■  i  •.  ■      >u  b  throngs  of  people    i  in-  nirfaee  cent  rollon  eeoh  othei  In  ■>  nevei  in  tti«"  <  rnti'i  ot  tin-  \  ii-w  i»  Trinity  < 'imri  ii .  at  « iiii  h  point  \\  ail  Street  begins,  n 

rndtitg  pi  .       I :i       way  •  i  u i«  at  Bowling  Ql'OOU  ami  extendi  I"  \  oiik<  r  -   .1  tcinlini;  to  Mic  Kaxt  Klvcr.    Tin'  low  Imililiii^  at  the  i  i^ht  is  tin'  t '.  S  Suli  I rcasury  . 

liana  uf  M  mile*  tin-  wky«i  ra|ici  lu'yoiiil,  the  tilllrmlci  lluililiiif;. 


I'll  K  ISOW  URY .    A  thoroughfare  of  world  -wide  fame.    It  derived  its  name  from  the  "  bouweries  "  or  farms  between  which  it  ran  during  the  old  Dutch  days.  In 
latter  years  the  lower  end  grew  to  be  a  series  of  dives,  saloons,  shows,  etc.,  and  became  the  favorite  resort  of  a  tough  element.    Here  the  peculiar  type  Oi 
gering  ruffian.  "  the  Bowery  boy,"  was  developed.   The  street  has  lost  much  of  its  former  bad  repute,  and  the  "  boy  "  has  disappeared.    The  milder  young  toughs 
of  today  are  in  turn  giving  way  to  the  frugal  and  good-natured  Cerman  and  .lew.  Hetter  shops  are  being  opened  year  by  year.  The  Bowery  now  boast-  the  largest 
savings  bank  in  the  world. 


\'.I:k   I  I  M  I  ~  II  II. MM..    At  Hroailway,  Till  Avi'iuifi  ;in<l  4'.M  Street.    Tin-  Til  K  KI  U.KK  '.III  1 1. DING,   known  popnlarl\   as  the  "  6*1*1  -iron."  in  lot-ated  on 

M  bOBM  of  the  (treat  neu  -  (>.>].<  r   l.n  ill  <  -pw  tall)  to  meet  the  requirement*  ol  moil  Hroailway  iit  the  in  tented  ion  ol        St  red  anil  Mil  Avenue.    It  has  'J1 1  Htnrleg  anil  lit 

Wtt  y<  i  (Ml  !•  ■     It  I"  i  •t;ile|j  »r  no  lure  of      atone  n  ,  r  In-  .7".  feet  a  hove  and  e\  tentlit  'J*;  feel  blgb.    It"  I  final  ka  Me  shape  anil  eonspienonn  posit  ion  have  ma  lie  il  one  of 

56  tart  MM  dM  ahlewalk.    A  a.il.way  atatlon  l«  In  the  lumement.  the  heat  known  bUtldlBgl  In  th  mntry. 


Manhattan  Life  Building. 
MANHATTAN  LIFE  INSURANCE  COMPANY  BUILDING.     66  Broadway,  near 
Exchange  Place.    One  of  the  tallest  buildings  in  the  city,  having  23  stories,  and 
towering  361  feet  high.    Very  striking  and  ornate  design.    Home  of  the  Manhattan 
Life  Insurance  Company,  organized  1850. 


Standard  Oil  Building. 
STANDARD  OIL  COMPANY  BUILDING.  Located  at  26  Broadway,  near  Bowling 
Green.  This  structure  has  acquired  fame  as  the  headquarters  of  the  gigantic  trust 
which  controls  the  petroleum  industry  of  the  world.  The  building  is  entirely  occupied 
by  the  parent  company  or  sub-companies  which~either  produce,  refine  or  transport 
oil  or  by-products. 


(  OMMKFU  IAI.  «  AIII.K  lilll.lHMi  Adjoin*  lht<  Stock  BSChuiiK*'  ill  31  Broad 
Hlrrct.  An  tni|>"«lnic  "oV'  I'lilldlliK  tcivi'ii  ovr  In  the  lnmln<'«n  of  tin-  Commercial 
OatiW*  •%  -i'  ii.  organized  In  l4*l  l>y  John  W.  Markay  and  .lainfx  (iurdoil  Bennett.  Ttio 
«ifnr.«r*  of  th«  I*o«tal  T>l«-i 


Cable,  tui-  fifriiian  ami  Paclllii  calilcH  arc  hero. 


HANOVEB  BANK  BUILDING.    Located  on  the  southwest  oornei  "i  Nassau  and 

I'iim  Hln-cls.    This      story  liuililillg,  Completed  III  1001,  Ih  Justly  considered  one  of 

the fines  I  office structures  in  the  world.  Prom  mi  artistic  standpoint  it  Li  a  moat 
i . i.-.t - 1 1 1(4  example  ol  dfytoraping  architecture. 


Til  K  CORN  KXCHANOK  HANK.  This  splendid  l>:ink  building  is  located  at  Hi 
William  Street.  The  Corn  Exchange  Rank  i>  capitalized  at  >_'.ihhi,chmi,  and  hasnuiner- 
oiis  brandies  at  various  points  throughout  the  city. 


THE  NKW  YORK  COTTON  EXCHANGE  occupies  a  handsome  building  in  Hanover 
Square.  It  is  built  Of  yellow  brick  with  stone  facings  and  cost  upwards  of  $1,<MM>,(MMI. 
Here  the  American  cotton  quotations  are  made. 


<  II  A  H II K.I!  Ml  HiMMKIK  I      North  «iili- >.l  I.IImtIv  Htri'ct.ciinwr  <if  l.iliorty  I'lnco. 

Ilrr'  In  lorali-il  | hi*  otili'al  <  ti i •- r ■  i.il  i  or|M, rat  loll  In  t I'tilti'il  State**,  having  heen 

•tgtn  /<  <l  I7«X  Tin-  ImiIIiIIiik,  ill  while  Vermont  m.irlilr  with  it  KDIIllto  Initio,  wiih 
nr.  t»it  In  VMti  uml  Wri  tmi  tl/K'i.i'o.    Tin*  main  hall  l»  :*l\fi>  feet. 


HALL  01  i:  m  i  nt  i  is   Chambers,  Eteade  and  <  lentei  il  reeta    a  splendid  Bn  prool 

Structure  Imill  of  *teel  mill  Mainr  Granite,  fur  lln*  Safe-keeping  of  real  e»tnte  deeds, 

mortgagee,  etc.,  ol  Hanhattu  Borough,  fclao  ror  Surroga-tes'  ( vuirt»  and  Cltj  Offices 
Erected  1904,  and  ooal  |8I000,000< 


<i  KAN  I)  CENTRAL  STATION.  4'>d  to  45th  streets,  Vanderhilt  Avenue  to  Dcpew  I'lacc.  An  iinineiise  six  -storied  building,  reeons  true  ted  in  ls'.is.  The  most  con- 
venient and  capacious  railroad  station  in  the  eountry.  The  New  fork  terminus  of  the  New  York  Central  lines,  comprising  numerous  railroads  operating  11. la; 
miles  east  of  the  Mississippi.  Here  are  terminal  facilities  also  for  the  New  York.  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad.  The  great  train  shed  is  Ton  feet  long.  It  is 
estimated  that  12,000,000  people  pass  through  this  station  annually.  The  head  offices  of  the  New  York  Central  and  the  New  York  offices  of  the  New  Haven  road 
are  on  the  upper  floors. 


THK  HOT Kl.  AHTOK     I ^ •  n tr  A<  r<-  S<|ii:inr  :unl  4-ltli  Street.    Kreeteil  in  I'.HM  1  .y  William  Waldorf  Astor.    Ono  "I  the  most  siiiii]>tu<Mis  hotels  in  the  world,  linillol 
u  t«rl)r  ll  f  i .  r  •  r- .  r  m.it  <r  1.1 1- .  <  ■■>n  tains  si  x  In  i  nil  red  K'i<'*t  rooms,  liirjro  restaurant-,  urill  room,  pal  in  garden,  roof  (pinion,  rlc.  client  hamiuet  hall-,  hall  room  ami 
|rri»it»>  'lining  rOOHl  rK cii|n  an  rutin-  floor     One  <•!  tin-  most  Interest ing  places  in  New  York  to  visit  Im  the  vast  wine  cellar  of  Hotel  Astor. 


THE  WALDORF-ASTORIA,  ",th  Avenue,  33(1  and  34th  streets,  is  the  largest  and  THK  HOLLAND  H()1"SK,  .">th  A  venue,  southwest  comer  30th  Street.   A  ten-storied 

most  luxurious  hotel  in  the  world.    It  is  supposed  to  have  cost  upward  of  (12,000,000.  Ore-proof  hotel  built  of  Indiana  gray  limestone  in  the  Italian  Renaissance  style  of 

There  are  accommodations  for  about  l,.r)()0  guests.   The  ball  room  is  of  unsurpassed  architecture.   It  is  the  equal  of  any  hotel  in  America,  and  enjoys  the  patronage  of  a 

magnificence,  and  regal  decorations  prevail  throughout  the  house.  most  fastidious  class  of  people. 


r  ii  v.  MxcTii  kivkk  i  im-'ii.iiih  mm'1  i'<i  •«•  the  Hudson  where  It  flows  between  the  olty  and  the  Jersej  ihore.  The  available  North  River  water  from  of  trem 
\  rk  i- .  -nrti .'.  .i  k.  i-  ..i-oni  i  rnii<'«.    Beloa  t  -i  mm  el  on  the  New  \  or*  side  the  shore  i»  lined  witii  great  tteamooai  dooka  arid  warehouses,  and  ferry  slips 

i,,  i,,..   ,  |t,  ,,„i  HoiMke  la  la  equally  crowded    Many  of  the  fam  transatlantic  ltnea  have  clocks  he  Jersey  shore.   The  amount  of  dally  traffic  on 

tiir»c  »    <■  <■  friorinoii.    Hlg  liners,  tugs,  ferries,  and  ouutl  boats  era  continual]]  passing.   The  great  Freight  and  passenger  ferries  <>r  the  Pennsylvania  Bail 

r>«rf  «M<  h  Iim       r in ' i.  •  i  In  Jtnej  City,  an'  ■  BOttOMMl  feature  <>f  every  day  life  on  the  river. 


IMMIGRANT  STATION.  These  tine  lmildings  of  hrick,  stone  and  terra  cotta  an-  located  on  Kllis  Island,  a  small  island  between  the  Liberty  Statin-  and  the 
Commnnipaw  Shore.  Here  thousands  of  immigrants  are  received  daily  and  passed  into  tin-  ITnited  States.  All  steerage  passengers  are  transferred  from  the 
steamers  in  which  they  arrive,  and  before  they  can  land,  niiist  he  examined  as  to  their  eligibility  ;ls  Citizens  and  lie  fully  recorded.  The  Government  never  ceases 
to  protect  the  immigrant  until  he  is  prepared  to  face  the  new  conditions.  Over  Ki.ikki.imhi  immigrants  have  entered  the  port  of  New  York  since  1880,  and  the  annual 
average  is  about  600,000. 


Empire.  Manhattan  Life.      Cable.  Columbia.  Standard  Oil.  Bowling  Green.  Washington.         Produce  Exchange. 

FROM  THE  HAJtBOB 


PABI  BOH  BNTRABCB  ro  BROOKLYN  BBID'lg  during  the  ruafa  boun  often  ■  iuen«  a  |  willed  am  where.  Hundred!  <>i  thousand*  "i  human  beluga  oruab 

md  vtruggle  in  the  geuerel  mi<  up  .if  v(dii<-ii.»  ami  t r . ■  it«->  -ram,  ntrivlng  in  IhmhI  tbetr  home  oonvoyanGe,  The  dull)  ruah  hue  been  relieved  t"  noma  extent  ituoe 

nUMJ  Ot  'In  ii'  »  MrilllUMburg  Bridge,  ind  will  grow  -nil  \w  Hlri'iiuoiiH  when  tin-  Maiiliatlan  ami  Itl.u  kui  II  -  l«laml  Iniil);''-.  una  in  |ii«icr><s  of  rreotl  111, 

irr  i  •>iu|ii>-K'ii    At  tin  rigbi  in  the  rim  la  the  eutnuxoe  to  the  tell  r*ulitter  Building,  the  home  of  the  gre&l  aewipaper,  "TboNew  York  World." 


THK  ISKOOK1.YN  BKIDGK.  Stretches  from  opposite  City  Hall  I 'ark  t<>  Fulton  anil  Sand  streets.  Brooklyn.  This  magnificent  bridge  was  begun  in  1870  and 
opened  to  the  public  in  1883.  Cost  $21,000,1)00.  It  consists  of  a  central  river  span  1  ..".!>.">  feet  long  and  two  land  spans,  with  a  total  length  between  terminals  of  7,580 
feet.  The  bridge  way  carries  two  cable  and  two  trolley  car  tracks,  two  wagon  ways  and  a  footpath.  I. lion  cars  and  .'.mm  veh  ides  pass  east  and  west  evei  y  day.  The 
average  number  of  passengers  in  twenty  four  hours  is  ittni.iKin.    It  is  estimated  that  about  ."..uOU.iim.iKiii  people  have  used  this  bridge  since  it»  opening. 


Ill)    M  I  I.I.I  \  M  - 1 I  IK,  1:1(1 1". K.  tin-  cn-ati-nt  mi«|>chm..ii  l.rldK<-  in  thr  world.  crnsM's  I  In-  Kasl  ltivi-r  ill  the  Mrand  Sln-i-l  Ki-ny  to  llroadway  ( Will  iniOBbUt 

Pi  until  m    It  to  a  it»il  iBwwad  Mupn  >> -maUUpm  itntotan  with  a  length  of  "/joo  i)otwci-n  temiiimiH.   The  towm  an-  880  feel  high.   The  oontral  ipan 

 i  I  .'.  Ii  i  I  aln.vi-  tin-  mimIiIIi-  nt  Mm-  rlvi'i     Thi-  brld^i-way  is  II*  i<-i-t  wide,  ami  rarrles  lour  trolley  anil  two  i  al.li-  tracks,  two  roadway*,  two  loo 

patka,  ami  two  Ucyda  path*.  ItoHwrtil  ont,  stout  l^l/MyoOft 


HIGH  BRIDGE  was  built  to  carry  the  Croton  Aqueduct  across  the  Harlem  Valley  at  175th  Street.  It  is  supported  by  13  arches  resting  on  solid  granite  piers,  and 
is  l,4i'>0  feet  long. 

WASHINGTON  BRIDGE  crosses  the  Harlem  a  short  distance  above  High  Bridge.   It  is  built  of  steel,  iron  and  stone  and  is  80  feet  wide  and  2,400  feet  long. 
THE  EMPIRE  TRACK,  one  of  the  most  famous  race  tracks  of  the  metropolis,  is  located  at  Mount  Vernon  in  Westchester  County. 


WUBWA1  i  s  i  it  \ ni  i..  i  its  ii  a i.i.   The  entrances:  and  exltn  to  the  olty'a  underground  rapid  transit  system  :"•<•  a  new  feature  "i  the  street*  >>\  the  motropol 

n,.  s  ii-  rabnUotUll)  buili  and  ..r  pleasing  design.  The  herculean  undertaking  wa  mpleted  In  100*.    Ultimate  ooat,  100,000.000.  Brooklyn  Bridge  la  the  t 

i  lot  ..ii  i,„, .    Manhattan  western  section  run-.  !<•  Klngsbridge,  eastern  to  Bronx  Park.    Brooklyn  tunnel  will  i>»»*  under  Broadway  to  smith  Perry,  tbai 

 i, ,  ess)  Rirei  m  tttanili  Flatlrasli  avei         Manhattan  and  Brons  llnea  reach  Vonkera  and  Wllliamaurluge.    Varioua  urauohea  and  loop-Unea  oonn 


INTK.KM  li;  OK  Sl'KYV  V  Y.  Tin-  -nl>\\  ;iy  i»  rectangular.  i:i  feet  high  anil  i".  feet  wide  for  "J- track  sections.  M  tret  wide  for  4 -track  sections.  The  bed  is  of  concrete. 
« itli  steel  frame  construction,  concrete  walls  and  roof,  lined  with  asphalt  and  roofing-felt.  It  is  mostly  near  the  surface,  hut  at  certain  points  drops  lower,  nota- 
bly at  Columbus  Avenue  and  1o4th  Street,  where  the  cars  pass  at  a  depth  of  80  feet.  At  169th  and  lslst  streets  are  elevators  to  stations  HO  feet  below  the  surface. 
The  motive  power  is  electricity,  using  the  third  rail  system.    City  Hall  Park  to  Of'.th  Street  in  13  minutes. 


M  s  Ml  \rr  \  \,\  I  \  i>i  '  I  m.i nil  iit;m\  illc.  At  lr.th  Street  the  West  Hide  line  of  the  underground  rapid  transit  system  emerges  from  the  subway  and  crosses  the 
M  '  on  ^grmi  n>  iiiK-»n:h  stc«i  rtadnct  t"  UBtli  Street,  where  Itagain  enters  the  tunnel,  and  at  moth  Btreet  i>  more  than  100  r«  '  i  below  the  sui  race. 
Tbe  Mashatt.il,  \  tadttt  I  i-  ■  IPleagul  example  <il  American  brldgcwork,  and  In  <:<>n  >n  with  all  sections  of  this  greatest  engineering  feat  <>l  the  new  century,  Is 


bnlll  to  U*t  f.,r  ill  linn-  under  the  severest  strain. 


<»K  A<  K  <  II I  l((  i{  K.I'W  nl'Al.  Ilroailwa)  .mil  Inth  Stn-i-t  wait  iriitiil  In  1*4.V  It 
l«  i.  ,  .it  i>l  a  i,,t.  1 1  m>-»  tout-  in  Qptlili  Rtjrle  ;iml  i»  •me  of  tlx-  tlm-xt  i  linn  h  •dttfcBW  in 
Hi*  <  It)  Thf  •\ilf  i"  |h«rtli'uUrl)r  gHWtftd  <•»<)  contain*  a  MU'lodioun  tiiiuiv  of  lielln. 
A  ri^-Urrj.  Ii^rinotilxiia  In  il««l|cn.  »«ljoln»  tin-  i  liurch. 


ST.  PATRICK'S  CATHKDRAL  ROMAN  I  VTMul.M  .  Btfa  Am  nnc.  BOtil  Bad  Slffl 
»lrrrl«.  if  tin-  ni"-t  iM-aul i Till  church  edtflOC  in  America,  anil  ranks  with  RUBOU 
r.itln.lral-  in  Inri-iKii  I. mil-  It  i«  luiilt  of  white  mnrhlo.  The  structure  almiv  row  I 
*2,»«m.i«»i.    1-ciiKtli. :«'.'  feet,  hrcatlth,  171  feet.    Height,  :«<>  feet. 


TRINIT\  (  Hl'lU  ll,  I'.roadway,  at  the  head  of  Wall  Street.    The  present  structure  TRINITY  CHURCH  INTERIOR.   The  hronzo  d<wirs  which  adorn  the  entrance  were 

is  of  brown  sandstone  in  Gothic  style,  and  was  completed  in  1847.    The  church  given  by  William  Waldorf  Astor  ill  memory  Of  his  father,  John  .lacoh  Astor.  The 

society  is  the  richest  in  America,  and  maintains  besides  the  parent  [church,  eight  altar  and  reredos  were  presented  by  John  Jacob  Astor  and  William  Astor  in  memory 

chape's,  schools,  a  dispensary  hospital,  and  a  long„liSt  of  charitable'enterprises.  of  their  father,  William  Astor.   The  reredos  alone  cost  >100,()00. 


I  in  MKTIMjI'OI.ITAN  Ml  HI  I'M  O I  I  INK  AKTfl  i-  on  the  '.th  Avenue  nhle  ol "  Ontrnl  Talk  at  "nth  Street.  The  view  here  tdiown  is  of  the  uewei  eaxt  wine, 
.  t ,  ,      |  ,t  :,  ,  ,..t  ,.|  f  i  nt,  in,    The  iuu»eii in  contain*  the  linen  t  enl  lection  of  paint  ItiK",  Ml  at  nary  anil  antli|iieH  in  America.     On  Sunday,  the  I  mild  hie;  ls4e,ro«  ileil 

|kta#M1    Ten  tlioiman<i  per  -  f  m  .jnciitly  pan*  through  the  turiiMt  ilea  in  the  four  hou in  allotted  to  the  "  free  "  puhllc.  No  art  muHPum  in  the  world,  pos- 

•  il.|>  >  m|||||H  H||  L-.i^re  l,.m  mirronndlnc"  Hoharuionloii".     The  Park  on  one  Hide  and  the  palace*  of  Mh  Avenue  on  the  other  are  HttliiR  environment  for  thin 

unMp-ialled  collection  of  art  MNM 


THK  PAINTINGS  IN  THE  METROPOLITAN  Ml'SEl'M  number  over  700,  among  which  are  included  many  masterpieces.  America  is  yet  young  in  art  but  the 
New  York  museum  is  a  splendid  step  toward  excellent  achievement  in  this  direction.  The  original  painting  entitled  "  The  Horse  Fair"  (No.  1)  by  the  French 
artist,  Rosa  Konheur  ia  replica  being  in  the  Louvre  i,  is  one  of  the  most  noted.  No.  2  is  "  Lost"  by  A.  F.  A.  Schenck.  No.  3.  "The  Storm  "  (Paul  and  Virginia) 
by  P.  A.  Cot.   No.  4.   "  A  Quartet"  by  Wm.  T.  Dannat.   No.  5.    "  Washington  Crossing  the  Delaware  "  Leutze.   No.  6.   "  Sheep— Spring  "  by  Anton  Mauve. 


lilt    BTATIj'K  <  ih   A  I.I  A  \  N  I)  Kit  II  A  M  I  1. 1  <  »N  .  I  •  >  <  •  m  rati*  I,  i  —  <  •  I  k  rani  to,  anil  is  lucaleil  near  thr  \  it  Museum  in  (  cut  ml  I 'ark. 

THI  <  0LOMAI.  -  I  A 'I  I  t.  HI    \\  \^ll  I  M.TI  IN,  lijf  .1.  Q,  A.  Ward.  Mauds  al  tl  iitiam  e  t"  thfl  Soli-treasury  building,  formerly  the  City  Mall,  on  I  lie  exact  spot 

wlirrr  WaahitiKtufi  took  Ih*  oattl  of  OfflM  III  17WI. 

THK  BHOHZ1    -  I  I  I  1  •   Ol   PKTKK  COOPKR  WU  dMiglMd  bj  SI .  )i  amicus,  Who  was  blOUOll  a  pupil  al  the  OoOpei  I  in  ion  111  I  Mini  ill  which  die  statue  si  amis. 

I  II I   BKON/.K  BTATITI   I  il    s  \  I  II  \  M  HALK   bf  Ml  DIllM,  l»  lOOBted  In  Clljr  Park  near  the  npnt  where  Hale  was  handed  as  a  spy  l)J  the  III  II  ish  during  Hie 

MvotMtOMU)  War. 


THE  MILLIONAIRES  OF  NEW  YOKE  have  contributed  much  toward  beautifying  the  city  l>y  the  erection  of  many  magnificent  residences.  No  city  in  the  world 
can  boast  so  many  private  palaces.  They  comprise  all  clashes  of  architecture,  utilizing  the  most  subtantial  and  costly  building  material.  While  the  exteriorsare 
frequently  ornate  and  elaborate,  the  interior  furnishings  and  decorations  are  luxurious  in  the  extreme. 


•I  A '■  I  -  ro.MH  <  ininont  Height*.  ItiviTHlilc  l>riv<\  in  u  I'.'  -il  SI  in-t  Tlii»  Ix-an  I  ilui  oil  illcr,  nno  of  I  lie  lai  gent  iiinniiiiicnt*  in  the.  w  mid,  in  MO  foot  lilpji  anil 
00VHI  a<  if  i  .f  l",'»<'  -<|ii;ir<-  lii  t.  a  i  ill  i-  I  nil  1 1  ol  Main"'  » Into  granite.  The  root,  «m«i,ikhi,  was  raised  li\  tin-  ( i  rant  M  mm  men  t  AHsnoiat  inn  l>>  voluntary  cnntnlni 

•  fi  mi  "mi  V'  people  The  memorial  wa-  dedicated  liy  1'rcnidint  Mr  Kin  Icy  in  18117.  Over  I  ho  |iiirtii'n  arc  Mat  no*  <'f  "  I'oaoe  "  ami  "  Victory  "  hj  .1 .  MasNoy 
Rktod     Tin'  IMMlm  nf  till"  groat  x.l.l  mi  ami  lux  wlfn  lie  In  two  mil  porphyry  Haroiipha|{l  in  a  crypt  under  the  ilmno. 


CENTRAL  PARK  is  the  great  playground  of  the  city's  poor  as  well  as  the  rendezvous  for  the  fashionable  turnouts  of  the  wealthy.  It  extends  from  59th  Street 
to  UOth  Street  and  from  5th  Avenue  to  8th  Avenue,  an  area  of  eight  hundred  seventy-nine  acres  abounding  in  natural  beauty.  Woodland,  lake,  lawnand  meadow 
unite  to  make  this  the  most  delightful  park  in  the  world.  The  center  view  above  shows  the  tine  equestrian  statue  of  General  Sherman  recently  erected  at  the 
59th  Street  entrance. 


iiii  "  ni. i  mi:i  h  hi  ati  i.  num. i»  ;it  tin-  antranoc  to Central  F»rk at flOih  Htreptand 

■  1    >    1 1        m.i.if  in  I  Lil>  .mil  •tccUmI  in  i  n  i-  rim- Hit*  MKiLh  uuiilviTHiiry 

of  ihr  iliui/trry  of  lh«-  American  continent. 


THK  OBESL18K  waa  presented  to  the oltj  bj  the  lata  KhedlTe  ol  Kjrypl  In  is?7.  It 
i"  ilxth  in  Mm  oi  i  iir  i  nun  mis  BScj  pi  Km  obeliaks,  The  antlra  expense  ol  Ita  ronton  1 1 
and  araotlon  on  Itipreaeni  atte  nam  tlia  Metropolitan  Muaauui  WMhnroehy  the  hilt 
w  Milam  H.  Vanderbllt. 


THE  BARTHOLIN  STATI'K  stands  upon  Bedloe's  Island,  almost  two  miles  SOttth-  THE  SOLDI  F.RS'  AND  SAILORS'  MOM.MF.NT.     At  S'.ith  Street  >tandsa  pure 

east  of  the  Battery.    This  colossal  figure,  representing  Liberty  Knlightening  the  white  marble  monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  citizens  of  New  York  who  took 

World  was  presented  to  the  people  of  America  by  the  great  French  sculptor,  Auguste  part  in  the  Civil  War.     It  is  a  circular  structure,  with  a  peristyle  of  twelve  I  ■»  in 

liartholdi.   It  was  erected  in  1883.   The  torch  is  3oij  feet  above  the  soa.  thian  columns,  35  feet  high,    liuilt  by  the  city  at  a  cost  of  $250,000,  in  1902. 


COM  HMA  I  NIVKRMTV  M'>riiinir-"l«-  Hm^-lit-.  Broadway  anil  Amsterdam  Avenue,  llillh  to  I'JOth  street*.  Now  York's  foremost  educational  Institution 
fowrtml  •>•  K  mif  »  i  <  .1  l«-|f  f  "  in  IT'.l.  now  .Miiipicn  fifteen  college  l>u  i  I  ■  1  ln|f «  covering  IH  acre*.  The  central  structure  in  tin1  Low  Memorial  l.lbran ,  erected  liv 
trlh  l/>»  in  memory  of  hU  father.  Out  • I  .khi.uki  It  contains  .1'iii.UKi  v<>Iiiiih>«.  Other  I  mi  Mings  an-  I  lie  I'm  vers  My  Hall.  Scliermerliorn  Hall  <  hiiilngy  i  llavermeyei 
Hall    0)M  '        I'    I '  1 1  >  - 1  < «  I'.iiililinir.   I. nl.  Sontli  ami  I' ayerweatlier  Halls,  ami  the  KlifrlneeriliK   KuiUlinK,  enntiiillillK  Hie  mai  luiiii  \  nreileil  in  practical 


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THE  HALL  OK  FAME  FOR  GKKAT  AMERICANS,  University  Heights  at  Sedgwick,  Aqueduct  and  University  avenues  anil  Bast  lsi-t  Street.  Thin  semi-cir- 
cular structure,  over  .">00  feet  long,  is  a  striking  feature  of  the  New  York  University,  the  library  of  which  institution  it  half -surrounds.  It  contains  I50eight-fbot 
panels  which  will  ultimately  be  inscribed  with  the  names  of  departed  great  Americans.  The  first  five  names  selected  were:  Washington,  Lincoln,  Webster. 
Franklin  and  Grant.  The  building  cost  S2T>o,ooo  and  was  the  gift  of  Miss  Helen  Uould  to  the  University. 


I  UK  S  i  w    i  Ol'.h  IS'  >TA  M'  A  I.  M  I  SKI  M,  It  run  x  Park.     Th  i-  M  u-iiiin  i  •  >n  t  a  iiih  rnllivtlnns  of  Ki'imiiiiiic  Mi  it  any,  showing  tin-  process  ul  iiiami  lact  lire  ;in>l  the 
t..  irkii  li  ili<-  111  my  vi  i-i  i.ii  ii  (iruiliirtji  :ni  put,  also  rullfctiuiis  ul  Hi-lrntltlc  llotany,  Int-linling  the  ipl6ndld  Torrej  Herbarium  deposited  l>y  Culumliln  Dnl- 
ht<II>  ami  valued  at  ti~ '•<»>■      ri...  ,.,,.,.„  i-  'V'Httmll  fff  glinting  plant",  xlirnlw  anil  trees,  gathered  from  all  ipiai  tcrs  of  I  lie  gluho  at  cnnrmnuA 

rip*  (,..  ir,  BMM)         in'  '  I      I  b(  Harden  in  »  Imli  I  In-  Museum  i«  situated  is  the  <->|  1 1  n  I  nl  tln»  Ki'»  liardens  nf  I  .'Union,  or  tli<>  .lardin  ill's  Planten'oM'nrls. 

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